# CVE-2009-3864: The Java Update functionality in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22 and JDK and JRE 6 before

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Java Update functionality in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22 and JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, when a non-English version of Windows is used, does not retrieve available new JRE versions, which allows remote attackers to leverage vulnerabilities in older releases of this software, aka Bug Id 6869694.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37231
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37239
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269868-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6753

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